TaskForce
TaskForce Community Agency plays an important role across southeast Melbourne.
We work with individuals and families towards healthier lives, relationships, and communities, being committed to creating positive outcomes for people disengaged, experiencing disadvantage, or living on the margins of communities.
We realise the potential of every individual, empowering them through life-changing services, wraparound support, and pathways.
We help people to overcome challenges related to alcohol and other drugs, deliver specialised youth and families services, and enable people through education, training, and employment support.
Principles that guide us:
- We are client centred.
- We are inclusive.
- We are a wraparound service.
- We always work together.
Values that shape us:
- We start with care.
- We always listen.
- We are non-judgmental.
- We are continuously learning.
Agency Services
AfriCareers (JVES)
Engaging families
MyWay (JVES)
Navigator
PIVOT
Service Address: 421 South Road, Bentleigh VIC 3204
Phone: 03 9532 0811
Website: https://taskforce.org.au
Email: enquiries@taskforce.org.au
Agency Services
AfriCareers (JVES)
AfriCareers delivers specially tailored and targeted employment support to Victoria’s African Communities. If you’re looking for work but have been out of a job for six months or more, AfriCareers will help you find and keep the job you want. We can assist you to overcome barriers, access any services you might require, build skills and qualifications to get you job-ready, and connect directly with employers. Specifically, our mentors will support you with: • Applying for jobs. • Developing your resume and preparing for job interviews. • Becoming ready for your next role by building your employment skills. • Finding jobs according to your interests. • Enrolling in training or obtaining qualifications. • Personal needs, including transport to attend interviews. • Role support for six months once you have a job. • Connecting you to other community services. Once you’re placed, we provide ongoing support so you can keep that job you’ve always been looking for. AfriCareers is delivered in partnership with Afri-Aus Care and the Centre for Multicultural Youth. To find out more, to enquire about signing up, or to make a referral, email jves@taskforce.org.au or fill in the form below.
Contact: (03) 9532 0811
Provided by: TaskForce
Engaging Families
This program helps families experiencing family violence along with mental health issues and substance abuse. With a holistic family approach, it provides access to services such as counselling, care and recovery, case management and parenting support. Engaging families helps with: • Understanding the impact of family violence, including safety planning, counselling, family therapy and group work. • Managing concerns related to alcohol and other drugs abuse and mental health issues. • Identifying needs and resources available.
Contact: (03) 9532 0811
Provided by: TaskForce
MyWay(JVES)
If you are looking for work but have been out of a job for six months or more, MyWay offers tailored support to help you find and keep the job you want. We can assist you to overcome barriers, access any services you might require, build skills and qualifications to get you job-ready, and connect directly with employers. Specifically, our mentors will support you with: • Applying for jobs. • Developing your resume and preparing for job interviews. • Becoming ready for your next role by building your employment skills. • Finding jobs according to your interests. • Enrolling in training or obtaining qualifications. • Personal needs, including transport to attend interviews. • Role support for six months once you have a job. • Connecting you to other community services. Once you are placed, we provide ongoing support so you can keep that job you have always been looking for. MyWay is delivered in partnership with IMVC. To find out more, to enquire about signing up, or to make a referral, email jves@taskforce.org.au or fill in the form below.
Contact: (03) 9532 0811
Provided by: TaskForce
Navigator
Provides outreach and case management services across the Southern Melbourne Area to disengaged young people, aged 12-17 to re-engage them into education. Service delivery is provided through a consortium model, including YSAS, TaskForce and South East Community Links.
Contact: 03 9794 6921
Provided by: TaskForce
PIVOT
This is a youth crime prevention program that supports young people between 10-23 years who have had repeated contact with the justice system as serious or recidivist offenders. PIVOT helps young people to learn new skills, reconnect with education or access employment, build relationships and generate meaningful connections within the community. Participants join this program voluntarily. We work with them for 12 months to address the underlying causes of their offending behaviour through case management, tailored support plans and mentoring to link them and their families into prosocial activities that address criminogenic needs. PIVOT provides young people a space where they can actually have their say, personalising the support to their unique needs, circumstances and goals. TaskForce runs the PIVOT program in Frankston, Dandenong and Casey as part of the YSAS-led consortium
Contact: (03) 9532 0811
Provided by: TaskForce